Videos of black funnel cloud in tornado-hit New Orleans go viral online. Watch

Scary footage of a huge black funnel cloud ravaging through people's homes in New Orleans has surfaced online.

Some shocking footage of the dreadful tornado that struck New Orleans in the US has been doing the rounds of the internet. The clips shared by residents of the area show a scary black funnel-shaped tornado advancing towards people's homes and ravaging everything as far as the eye can see.

According to the news agency Reuters, a dark funnel cloud touched down in the city and plowed through neighborhoods, pictures on social media showed, with damage reported in the communities off Arabi, Gretna and St. Bernard Parish.

Here are some of the videos shared on Twitter:

@MargaretOrr here is a video of the tornado my husband matthew burke took in chalmette on chinchilla st. you all have permission to use it! pic.twitter.com/QgTyALUFXp

@ryanhallyall view from Chalmette, New Orleans tornado-watch language in sound pic.twitter.com/DvgO70HDoM

Multi-vortex tornado crossing through the Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans East. Brad Cheramie #lawx @NWSNewOrleans @FOX8NOLA pic.twitter.com/0Y2SNcMb9c

In all the videos that were taken from indoors, people can be seen gasping and crying out at the sight of the horrifying natural calamity.